AOS w/parents as joint sponsors/USC overseas w/wife now???

[G&Mhk 1]

I am a USC in HK with my wife. I just paid the $88 fee and am preparing the 864 form. My job here will more or less end when I leave but they will employ me in some capacity -- on a contract basis or something -- when I get back to the US.

I make well over the poverty threshold now but I am assuming that the form will make it obvious that I will stop working here when I get home.

My parents are going to fill out an 865 for joint sponsorship. Just one and should they mail it back to me or what?

I am not too worried about domicile as I still use bank accounts and credit cards with my US address and I have paid taxes and voted and have a driver's license and all that.

I feel a bit overwhelmed now and am really, really hopeful that I can get everything done and get home with my wife by April at the latest. Is that even at all realistic?

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[NikLR 13,227]

Okay so if your parents file their taxes jointly you have two options. The parent who makes more sends an I-864 and the parent who makes less sends an I-864A. They will need to send proof of their US citizenship or LPR status and also their tax return transcript and any proof of their current income (aka pay stubs and/or employer letter) and/or assets. The other option if they file jointly is the parent who makes the most and if they can sponsor on their own to send a copy of their W2 as well to show their section of the income in the home.

If they file separately then whomever makes enough to joint sponsor sends the I-864 with their own tax transcript, proof of USC or LPR status, and proof of current employment (and/or assets.)

They can mail this themselves to the NVC as long as your bar coded cover sheet is on top of their paperwork. You may also want to mail your AOS documentation to your parents to have them mail everything together to the NVC. Of course they could send it to you first but that seems unnecessarily expensive. Because your address is in HK you will want to include all the proof of your US domicile in your AOS package.

[G&Mhk 1]

Okay so if your parents file their taxes jointly you have two options. The parent who makes more sends an I-864 and the parent who makes less sends an I-864A. They will need to send proof of their US citizenship or LPR status and also their tax return transcript and any proof of their current income (aka pay stubs and/or employer letter) and/or assets. The other option if they file jointly is the parent who makes the most and if they can sponsor on their own to send a copy of their W2 as well to show their section of the income in the home.

If they file separately then whomever makes enough to joint sponsor sends the I-864 with their own tax transcript, proof of USC or LPR status, and proof of current employment (and/or assets.)

They can mail this themselves to the NVC as long as your bar coded cover sheet is on top of their paperwork. You may also want to mail your AOS documentation to your parents to have them mail everything together to the NVC. Of course they could send it to you first but that seems unnecessarily expensive. Because your address is in HK you will want to include all the proof of your US domicile in your AOS package.

Thank you. So I guess the answer to the question on whether I need a cosponsor is yes. I thought all the paperwork had to be sent together? They can send it themselves?

[NikLR 13,227]

As long as they have that bar coded cover sheet so it can be added to the file they can. But it is best for it all to be together.